Unmasking the robots: Why it’s critical to discover AI agent identities and how Tenable helps you secure them

Discover how to secure AI agents in your cloud environment with Tenable One Cloud Exposure. We explore Microsoft Entra Agent ID and provide essential best practices for robust agentic AI identity security.Key takeawaysUnderstand your current maturity level and then build an appropriate action plan to secure your agent identities.Use your cloud providers’ native tools or Tenable One Cloud Exposure to locate and catalog every AI agent operating in your environment.Do not assign human identities or over-privileged service accounts to the AI agents your vendors deploy in your environment. Instead, require that vendors adopt official models like Microsoft Entra Agent ID for their AI agents’ identities.As AI agents move from experimental toys to tools that make autonomous decisions, interact with databases, and call external APIs, organizations need to be clear on who — or what — is executing these actions in their cloud environments.Why non-human identities (NHIs) aren’t secure enough for AI agentsSecurity teams categorize identities into two buckets: human identities and non-human identities (NHIs), such as service accounts, secrets, and automated scripts.Treating AI agents as standar…

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